Aryna Sabalenka saved her promise to Paula Badosa and gifted her finest good friend an expensive bracelet after being the one who prevented the Spaniard from making her first Grand Slam ultimate.
At this previous Australian Open, the Spanish tennis star loved her best-ever run after upsetting Coco Gauff and reaching her maiden Main semifinal.
However then, the 27-year-old noticed her promising run being ended by none apart from certainly one of her finest associates, who handed her a 6-4 6-2 defeat.
Throughout her on-court interview, Sabalenka expressed some sympathy for Badosa and jokingly informed her to not be mad at her as a result of she would take her buying and purchase her “whatever” she wished.
“We both wanted it badly. It’s our dream. Here, we’re just opponents. No matter what happens on the court, we gonna be friends after our matches. It’s tough to do but we agreed on that,” the world No. 1 mentioned after the match.
“I hope she’s still my friend. I’m sure she hates me for the next I don’t know, hour, day or two.
“I promise Paula we go shopping and pay for whatever she wants.”
Sabalenka reveals the present she purchased to Badosa
On her Instagram Story, the Belarusian tennis star posted a video of the world No. 10 unwrapping a gift, with the caption: “She said she forgave me.”
Paula Badosa© Aryna Sabalenka/Instagram – Truthful Use
Evidently, the Spaniard was very proud of the present she acquired.
Deuda saldada 🤝
Aryna Sabalenka🇧🇾 cumplió con su promesa de ir de buying junto a Paula Badosa🇪🇸
💙La No.1 del mundo le dio un lindo regalo a Badosa, quien quedó encantada https://t.co/HzzXpfmGvx pic.twitter.com/0M05zqHBRS
— Iván Aguilar (@ivabianconero) February 8, 2025
In the meantime, each Sabalenka and Badosa are at the moment in Doha, the place they’re making ready for subsequent week’s WTA 1000 match.
For the reason that Belarusian is the top-seeded, she has a first-round bye and awaits the winner of the match between Emma Raducanu and Ekaterina Alexandrova.
On the opposite facet, the Spanish tennis star is because of meet Katerina Siniakova within the Doha first spherical.
